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The moment he set foot in the room he knew he had walked in on a catastrophe.

Louise Carpenter stood tensely straight at her desk, her pretty face almost as white as the envelope she was clutching. And she was glaring at a mass of boy and girl faces so blankly, so furtively quiet that the silence sizzled.

—"Object Lesson,"
Ellery Queen

Which detail would most likely help you make a prediction about what is going on?

Ellery Queen’s entrance into the room
the blank faces of the students
the color of Miss Carpenter’s envelope
Miss Carpenter’s glare at the students

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Miss Carpenter’s glare at the students

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your answer should be the last one. "miss carpenters glare at the students"

Step-by-step explanation:

the context in this reading gives the conclusion that miss carpenter is shooting a glare at her students and it is making a tense environment.

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